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'But they're not my dishes!'

DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes.

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Choregument

mattbear

Created by: mattbear

Pronunciation: Chore-gew-ment

Sentence: I mentioned it was Billy's turn to do the dishes, and suddenly we had a choregument on our hands.

Etymology: Chore + argument = choregument

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I like the change to any chore, not just dishes! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:48:00

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Dishcussion

Created by: Poeiden

Pronunciation: dish-cussion

Sentence: Dishcussions always took place at our neighbour's place, I was tempted to get a dishwasher for them to reduce the noise level.

Etymology: dish + discussion

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Dishullabaloo

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dish-ulla-BA-loo

Sentence: There was nothing like a dish cloth for wiping the contented looks off the faces of Marita and Michael, Roxie and Bob's teenage children. For them that was a enough to start a dishowdown. Marita was potemical; Michael was clearly a misodishiac, and discussion always ended in a howling dishullabaloo with the dirty dishes remaining in the sink. Bob decided the solution was to buy a dishwasher rather than be one.

Etymology: Blend of dish & hullabaloo(uproar) Potemical (pot + polemical)

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COMMENTS:

excellent!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 10:25:00

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Dishcord

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: dish-kawrd

Sentence: The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper.

Etymology: Dish and cord from discord.

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Dishcanughmanflap

Created by: teenatitude

Pronunciation: Dish-can-ugh-man-flap

Sentence: I Discanughmanflaped with my sister.

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Dishteria

Created by: ericsimmons39

Pronunciation: dish-tear-e-yuh

Sentence: After dinner, my sister descended into the worst case of dishteria i've seen since thanksgiving 1994.

Etymology: Dish + Hysteria

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Dishclasher

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: dish + clash + er

Sentence: Every night, we get into a full blown dishclasher when it comes time to scrub the pots and pans.

Etymology: It's like putting a clash into a dishwasher! Set it and forget it!

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Prodsomegastjuice

Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: prod-some-gast-juice

Sentence: hahaha!! prod=produce, some=more, gast=gastric, juice=acid hahahaha, learn more bout difective system, hehehe

Etymology: produce some grastric juice

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COMMENTS:

learn more bout difective system, hehehe digestive**** i mean - leomar, 2007-09-17: 09:35:00

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Discutlery

Created by: younger

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A sink full of dirty dishes often provides enough fodder for a heated discutlery.

Etymology:

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Dishsent

Created by: rhowes

Pronunciation: dish-sent

Sentence: There was always a lot of dishsent in our home at supper wash up time.

Etymology: dish + dissent

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